QUR  JAPAN  MISSION 


OUR 

JAPAN 


EVERY 


SUNDAY^ 


ISCHOOLi 


, MISSION! 


Children’s 


Day  for 


Missions 


Foreign 


MAY  30,  1915 


College  faculties  know  the  country  boy  who  enters  with  insufficient  preparation,  but 
has  accomphshed  such  results  as  he  could  by  sheer  power  of  will  and  force  of  mind. 
1 he  progress  of  such  a boy,  when  he  finally  comes  under  competent  instructors,  is 
exhilarating.  He  advances  by  leaps  until,  almost  before  the  class  knows  it,  he  is  an 
acknowledged  leader.  In  the  great  college  of  the  natiO)i.i  Japan  is  that  boy. 
“Japan  To-Day”  page  20  quoted  in  “Japan  for  Juniors.” 

I will  also  give  thee  for  a light  to  the  Gentiles,  that  thou  mayest  be  my  salva- 
tion unto  the  end  of  the  earth.  .\nd  nat’ons  shall  come  to  thy  light,  and  Kings 
to  the  brightness  of  thv  risinc.  Tsa.  49:6  and  60:.'^. 


Miss  l.eita  G.  Kiriland’s  Morning  Star  Kindergarten,  Nagoya. 


PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  IN  THE  UNITED  STATES 
Executive  Committee  of  Foreign  Missions 
Nashville.  Tennessee 


EDUCATIONAL  DEPARTMENT 


INTERMEDIATE  AND  SENIOR  PROGRAM. 


S'ng — “Joy  to  the  World,”  Assembly  Songs  No.  i. 

Sing — “The  King’s  Business,”  Assembly  Songs  No.  22. 

Prayer: — The  Lord’s  Prayer  in  concert. 

Read: — (i)  Deuteronomy  6 : 4-9.  (5)  Matthew  28:  18-20. 

(2)  Proverbs  3 : 13-26.  (6)  Acts  i : 6-9. 

(3)  Psalm  115:3-8.  (7)  Romans  i:  16-25. 

(4)  Isaiah  40:  18-23.  (8)  Ephesians  3 : 4-9. 

Sing — “Adctory  in  Jesus,”  Assembly  Songs  No.  7. 

Japan:  (i)  The  Land. 

(2)  The  People. 

(3)  The  Religions. 

(4)  The  International  Relations,  Past  and  Present. 

Sing — “O  Zion,  Haste,  Thy  Mission,”  Assembly  Songs  No.  70. 

Japan:  (i)  Beginnings  of  Christianity. 

(2)  History  and  Present  Status  of  our  own  work  by  Stations. 

Nagoya.  Toyohashi.  Tokushima. 

Gifu.  Okazaki.  Kochi. 

Kobi.  Takamatsu.  Susaki. 

Sing — “ IMake  Me  a Channel  of  Blessing,”  Assembly  Songs  No.  36. 

Japan:  (i)  Present  Attitude  toward  Christianity. 

(2)  Present  Opportunity  for  Christianity. 

(3)  Present  Protestant  Forces. 

(4)  World’s  Sunday  School  Convention,  Tokyo,  1916. 

Sing — “Around  the  Throne,”  Assembly  Songs  No.  153. 

Our  Financial  Plan  for  this  year. 

Sing — “May  I Be  Faithful,”  Assembly  Songs  No.  19. 

Offering,  by  Classes. 

Prayer:  For  God’s  blessing  on  the  offering  and  for 
his  wisdom  for  those  who  use  the  money. 

Sing — “Will  There  be  Any  Stars,”  Assembly  Songs  No.  21. 
Benediction. 


See  the  Supplement  for  material  needed  in  this  program. 


NOTES  AND  SUGGESTIONS 


This  program  can  be  best  carried  out  by  classes. 

Have  eight  classes  read  the  Scripture  passages  from  their  own  Bibles. 
Urge  the  teachers  to  drill  them  in  advance  so  that  they  can  read  clearly 
and  expressively  and  in  unison. 

Where  it  is  practicable  have  single  classes  or  single  departments  sing 
some  of  the  hymns. 

Let  classes  recite  together  on  the  various  paragraphs,  assigning  one 
paragraph  to  a class  where  there  are  enough  classes  in  the  school.  If  there 
are  fewer  classes  than  paragraphs  give  two  paragraphs  to  a class,  but  not 
consecutive  paragraphs. 

Questions  are  suggested,  but  others  may  be  made  by  those  questioners 
who  prefer  to  make  their  own  questions.  Urge  the  teachers  to  question 
their  own  classes.  Have  someone  ready  to  question  the  classes  whose 
teachers  may  be  absent  or  where  the  teacher  is  not  willing  to  ask  the  ques- 
tions. Urge  practice  so  that  questions  and  answers  can  be  heard  dis- 
tinctly by  all  present,  and  also  urge  that  there  be  no  comments  or  remarks 
by  those  who  ask  the  questions. 

If  possible  select  four  paragraphs  from  the  program  and  have  them  used 
by  four  classes,  one  by  each  class,  on  the  four  Sundays  preceding  the  Sun- 
day on  which  the  general  program  is  given.  The  four  paragraphs  selected 
might  well  be  in  order:  “The  People  of  Japan,”  “The  Religions  of  Japan,” 
“Our  Financial  Plan  for  This  Year,”  and  “The  Present  Opportunity  for 
Christianity  in  Japan.” 

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If  a shorter  program  for  younger  children  is  best  for  your  school  use  the 
Junior  Program  on  the  next  page.  The  Junior  Program  will  also  be  useful 
where  Junior  Departments  have  their  own  exercises  in  a separate  room, 
or  where  Junior  classes  or  Junior  Societies  want  a program  for  meetings  not 
in  connection  with  the  Sunday  School  exercises. 

* * * * 

There  is  also  a special  program  for  Primary  Departments.  Be  sure  to 
see  that  your  Primary  Superintendent  and  your  Primary  Teachers  know 
about  this  special  program  and  urge  them  to  write  for  it  if  they  have  not 
yet  received  it. 

* 4=  * 

The  colored  Japan  post  cards  for  sale  at  lo  cents  a dozen  by  the  Pres- 
byterian Committee  of  Publication,  Richmond,  Va.,  and  Texarkana,  Ark., 
could  be  used  to  special  advantage  for  invitations  to  the  Children’s  Day 
service.  Use  them  freely  and  invite  all  the  members  of  the  Church. 

Call  frequent  attention  to  charts  and  map,  and  drill  on  the  names  of 
stations  and  missionaries. 

Keep  in  mind  that  the  best  thing  you  and  your  school  can  do  for  the  work 
in  Japan  is  to  pray  earnestly.  Urge  prayer  in  private  and  in  classes  and 
ha^e  a special  prayer  in  the  school  each  Sunday  in  May. 


JUNIOR  PROGRAM. 

Arranged  by  Miss  Bertha  E.  Enderle,  Washington,  D.C. 

Sing — “The  King’s  Business,”  Assembly  Songs  No.  22. 

Read — Psalm  67  responsively. 

Prayer: — 

Sing — “O  Zion,  Haste,  Thy  Mission,”  Assembly  Songs  No.  70. 
Recitation,  “IMissions  and  Minding,”  in  Supplement. 

Missionary  Creed  in  concert: 

We  believe  in  God  the  Father,  God  the  Son,  and  God  the  Holy 
Ghost. 

We  believe  it  is  our  duty  to  tell  the  heathen  of  the  plan  of  sal- 
vation that  God  has  promised  through  the  death  of  His  Son. 

We,  therefore,  engage  to  send  them  the  Bread  of  Life  by  the 
hand  of  our  Missionaries. 

We  engage  to  pray  for  our  Missionaries. 

We  engage  to  do  all  in  our  power  for  the  spread  of  the  Gospel 
on  the  earth,  that  Christ’s  kingdom  may  come. 

Recitation — “The  Little  Children  of  Japan,”  in  Supplement. 

Sing — “The  Whole  Wide  World  for  Jesus,”  Assembly  Songs  No  104. 
Questions  and  Answers  about  Japan,  in  Supplement. 

Sing — “The  Morning  Light  is  Breaking,”  Assembly  Songs  No.  235. 
Recitation — “Just  Suppose,”  in  Supplement. 

Offering  and  Prayer: — 

Sing — “Let  the  Lower  Lights  be  Burning,”  Assembly  Songs  No.  97. 
Benediction. 


SUGGESTIONS. 

1.  Instead  of  reading  Psalm  67  responsively  it  might  be  recited  by  a 
class  in  concert.  The  meaning  is  clearer  in  the  American  Revised  Version. 

2.  The  recitation  “The  Little  Children  of  Japan”  may  be  given  by  one 
child  or  by  five.  Japanese  costume  would  help. 

3.  “Questions  and  Answers  about  Japan”  can  be  made  very  effective 
by  having  one  child  to  ask  the  questions  and  eight  others  to  respond  with 
the  answers. 

4.  The*  offering  should  be  expla  ned  each  Sunday  in  May,  and  when  it 
is  taken  a prayer  should  be  offered  that  God  will  bless  the  gift  of  money 
and  direct  with  his  wisdom  those  who  use  it. 

5.  Those  who  work  over  this  program  will  doubtless  find  changes  that 
they  can  make  to  suit  their  owm  Sunday  School,  and  many  will  want  to 
substitute  other  hymns. 


